Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

If you want to bring the lush beauty of the tropics into your home, these 16 tropical rainforest plants you can easily grow indoors thrive with minimal care, brighten your living spaces, and create a ...

After analyzing 40 years of tree records across the Andes and Amazon, researchers found that climate change is reshaping ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The leaves can be plucked. A ...

The breadfruit, or ulu, is one of scores of Polynesian introductions that made it possible for early explorers to thrive as ...

Scientists found a tropical vine that changed its flowers without losing its pollinators, revealing a more flexible path to ...

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...

A backpacker who was hounded by a cassowary on a Far North mountain has survived a terrifying night in the rainforest where ...

New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen.

Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using photosynthesis to build it into their roots, trunks, and branches, where ...

In Eunápolis, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for agriculture started centuries ...